Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence,...
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Top Publications
Yelland, J, Riggs, E, Szwarc, J, Brown, SJ.
Ending preventable stillbirths among migrant and refugee populations..
Med J Aust
210(11)
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488 -489.e1
2019
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Brown, S, Stuart-Butler, D, Leane, C, Glover, K, Mitchell, A, Deverix, J, Francis, T, Ah Kit, J, Weetra, D, Gartland, D, et al.
Initiation and duration of breastfeeding of Aboriginal infants in South Australia..
Women Birth
32(3)
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e315 -e322
2019
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Woolhouse, H, Gartland, D, Papadopoullos, S, Mensah, F, Hegarty, K, Giallo, R, Brown, S.
Psychotropic medication use and intimate partner violence at 4 years postpartum: Results from an Australian pregnancy cohort study..
J Affect Disord
251:
71 -77
2019
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Gartland, D, Riggs, E, Muyeen, S, Giallo, R, Afifi, TO, MacMillan, H, Herrman, H, Bulford, E, Brown, SJ.
What factors are associated with resilient outcomes in children exposed to social adversity? A systematic review..
BMJ Open
9(4)
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e024870
2019
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McDonald, EA, Gartland, D, Woolhouse, H, Brown, SJ.
Resumption of sex after a second birth: An Australian prospective cohort..
Birth
46(1)
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173 -181
2019
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